Railway-rail brace



Oct. 30, 1923. 11,472,225

'J. 'G. MUELLER RAILWAY RAIL BRAC E Filed May 25, 1922 z Sheets-Shee t 1Oct. 30, 1923.

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JOHN G. MUELLER, 015 DAYTON, OHIO.

RAILWAY-RAIL BRACE.

Application filed May 25, 1922. Serial No. 563,515.

T all whom it concern:

Be it knownvthat I, JOHN G. Mommas,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio. have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railwaydliail Braces, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in railway rail braces.

The object of the invention is to brace the ball of the rail byadjustable brace-1nembers adapted to be applied to rails of diifen entvertical dimensions.

Another object is to combine with such bracemembers other members whichembrace the web and base of the rail.

In the accompanying drawings;

Fig. 1 is a view showing my invention applied to a pair of railwayrails;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of my brace in its entirety showinga rail in cross section;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showing howtwo of the brace members interfit;

Fig. 1 is a detail sectional view on the line l4t of Fig. 2 likewiseshowing the interrelation of two of the members.

In the drawings I have illustrated a conventional railway railcomprising a base 1, a web 2 and a tread 3, the latter being formed withthe usual ball of the rail 4:, being the part at the side and on theunder surface of the tread.

The numeral 5 designates the tie rod which is used by means of threadedportions 6, nuts 7 and washers 8 to clamp the various members of thebrace in their relation to the rail and to each other; and which tie rodwill preferably extend from rail to rail, as indicated in 1, so as toafford the means, with its threaded portions, nuts and washers, of notonly clamping the brace-members with relation to themselves and therail, but also perform the further office of inter-connecting or bracingone rail with respect to the other.

Referring again to Fig. 2, it will be seen that my brace comprises outerbraces, designated 9, adapted at their upper inclined ends, 10, to bearagainst and support the ball of the rail and to preferably contact, asat 11, with the web near its upper edge; and having practically verticalportions 12 bored out at 13 to receive the tie rod 5. The nuts '7 forcethe washers 8 against these outer braces and causethem to impingeforcibly and solidly against the balls of the rail. The inner faces ofthe members 9 are grooved, as shown at 1 1 for a purpose now to appear.

inner braces 15 intervene between the outer braces 9 and the base andweb of the rail and extend downward and form portions 16 below the railbase. These inner braces also bored out, as shown at 17, to receive thetie rod 5.

They are further formed with webs or flanges 18 which enter the grooves14 in the outer braces with a clearance space 19 within the groove andan additional clearance space 20 between the inner and outer braces topermitof the outer braces being adjusted to fit rails of differentvertical dimensions. Any adjustment of the outer braces longitudinallyof their inclined members will cause them to slightly change theirposition with reference to the inner braces, and hence these clearancespaces 19 and 20.

It will be noted that not only do the inner braces brace and strengthenthe outer braces but that they impinge and forcibly fit against the railweb so as to brace the web from movement and vibration in lateraldirections.

Filler blocks 21 are bored at 22 to fit over the tie rod and have webs23 which enter grooves 2st in the inner braces 15, as shown more clearlyin Fig. 4;. In this way the filler blocks and inner braces are kept inproper yet movable relation so that when the several members are clampedby the nuts and washers the hook-like shoulders 25 of the filler blockscan be moved up into contact with the edges of the rail base.

Referring again to the outer braces 9 and inner braces 15 it will beobserred that they are fashioned to leave clearance space 2 between themso that the outer braces may as before stated, be adjusted with relationto the inner braces when the outer braces are being fitted against railsof different vertical dimensions. These outer and inner braces contactwith each other above and below the spaces 27, as seen at 28 and 29.

It will now be seen that by the simple expedient of adjustment of one orboth. usually both, nuts 7 for each brace, the outer brace-members withthe other several parts will be positioned to forcibly bind against therail along the surface of the ball, the web and the base, while bymaking the tie rod extend across from rail to rail the pair of railswill be held with reference to each other at the same time that eachrail is braced individually in the several directions indicated.

It will further be noted that by reason of this invention the rails willbe prevented fromspreading one with respect to another, that each railwill be prevented from tipping or overturning, that thereby strainswhich would tend to lift or pull out the rail spikes will be avoided,all resulting in so securing the rails with respect to each other andwith respect to the cross ties as that the perfect gauge of the trackwill be maintained.

It will further be understood that what is called tie chewing will beprevented.

' i This so -c-alled chewing is the action of the car wheels on theupper inner surface of the rail balls, tending to spread the rails andtip them, causing the outer lower flange to dig into the ties and chewthem; This prevailing objection is overcome by the invention hereindescribed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a railway rail brace, thecombination with outer braces adapted to fit against the rail ball andinner braces adapted to be urged against other portions of the rail, ofa tie rod and nuts adapted to transfer a pressure to the braces, wherebythey are made to position firmly against the rail surfaces.

2. In a railway rail brace, the combination with outer braces adaptedto'engage with the rail ball and inner braces adapted to engagewith therail base, of a tie rod common to both the outer and inner braces andhaving adjusting nuts by which to press the braces against the railsurfaces.

3. In a railway rail brace, the combination with outer braces whoseupper ends are adapted to bear against the rail ball, inner bracesadapted to bear 011 other surfaces of the rail, and a filler blockadapted to bear on the rail base, of a tie rod common to the outer andinner braces and the filler block and having nuts thereon by which theseseveral parts are each made to bear against different portions of therail by the one adjustment. v

at. In a railway rail brace, the combination with a pair of outer bracesadapted at one end to bear against the rail ball, and a pair of innerbraces adapted to fit between the outer braces and the rail and to bearon parts of the latter, of a tire rod common to both sets of braces andhaving adjusting which act upon the outer braces and force them and inturn the inner braces against different parts of the rail.

6. In a railway rail brace, the combination with a pair of outer bracesand a pair of inner braces, each inner brace and its adjacent outerbrace interfitting one another and having a slidable relation, of a tierod common to both sets of braces provided with adjusting nuts adaptedto act on the outer braces to cause them to travel on the inner bracesand to cause both sets of braces to bind against portions of the rail.

7. In a railway rail brace, the combination with a pair of outer braces,having grooved inner faces and a pair of inner braces having projectingwebs adapted to lit in said grooves, clearance spaces being providedbetween each and its adjacent outer brace, of a tie rod common to bothsets of braces provided with adjusting nuts adapted to act on the outerbraces and through them on the inner braces for the purposes set forth.

8. In a railway rail brace, the combination with a pair of, outer braceshaving upper portions to engage the rail ball and provided with lowerportions, and inner 1 braces having upper portions located within theupper portions of the outer braces and lower portions located within thelower portions of the outer braces, anda filler block within the innerbraces, of a tierod having adjusting nuts adapted to act on the outerbraces and thence on the inner braces and then on the filler block.

9. In a railway rail brace, the combination with an outer pair ofbraces, an inner pair of braces anda filler block composed of twomembers, the outer braceshaving sliding relation with the inner bracesand the inner braces sliding relation with the filler blocks, of a tierod which passes through the blocks, the inner and the outer anotherbrace adapted to act on such block, braces, and adjusting nuts thereonby Which and a tie rod adapted to force the last menthe parts areadjusted and placed in clamptioned brace against the block and thereby10 ing position. the block against the rail base.

5 10. In combination, a railway rail brace, In testimony whereof, Iaffix my signature.

at filler block having surfaces adapted to engage the edge of the baseof a rail, and JOHN G. MUELLER.

